Introduction

The Slideshow section is made up of one Slideshow particle. This position, once placed and set up in the Layout Manager makes it possible to assign Widgets to it that appear on your site.

Settings used in our demo for each of these particles can be found below.

Section Settings

Slideshow (Particle)

Particle Settings

Block Settings

Alternative: RokSprocket

For folks that prefer RokSprocket to using a particle, we have included the instructions for creating this slideshow using RokSprocket below, as well.

The first thing you will want to do is add a Widget Position particle to the layout manager, as pictured above.

Section Settings

Widget Position (slideshow)

Particle Settings

Block Settings

Assigned Widget(s)

The slideshow widget position is host to a single RokSprocket widget.

We utilized the Simple Content Provider, linking each item in the RokSprocket widget to an post. You can find examples of the Simple items used in this widget in the Filtered Article List section below.

Details

Filtered Article List

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

Layout Options

Advanced